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Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Holly joined Harvey's gang with the Dundee team

The Dundee team were
joined by Holly (13) and her mum (Fiona) on 4th June.

Holly has Hereditary Spherocytosis and has
had her gall balder removed after complications arising from this.She also has mild von Willibrands
factor.

Whilst she would like to attend
school full time the spherocytosis means that she is always anaemic and
therefore frequently tired.She is still
diligently studying at home though (wish all the staff here were as
conscientious)!

Holly is also a very keen
dancer and doesn’t let her anaemia stop her from enjoying ballet, highland
dancing, jazz and broadway. Phew!

It
was a pleasure to have someone visiting who is so keen to learn and find out
about what we do and how it relates to her diagnosis.A good time was had by all.Holly is keen to visit the other laboratories
to learn even more!

Welcome to Harvey's Gang Holly; I am glad you have joined as and good luck for the future, hopefully the Dundee team will get you into the other laboratories soon, best wishes, Malcolm, Founder Harvey's Gang